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Summary Of Bless Me Ultima

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In the book Bless Me Ultima, Tony had a lot experience and witness a lot to be so young. Starting from the beginning to the end I will tell you all the important parts that made an impact on Tony.

First part is when Lupito was killed near the river. It all started on a Saturday night, Tony’s mother was laying out clean clothes for Sunday mass. Tony had looked out the window and saw a dark figure approach the house. Then out of nowhere you heard loud banging at the door. ”Marez, Marez, Andale, hombre!” It had been the father of one of Tony’s friends. Tony’s father Gabriel rush to open the door and the man busted in. “Chavez” the man who came rushing to the Marez family to break the bad news that someone has killed …show more content…

Ultima agreed to go help Lucas but she said she would need tony to come along. When they arrive many neighbors watched the anticipation of Ultima. Tony’s grandfather immediately ask what will Ultima need and she replied” a small room, bed sheets, water, stove, atole to eat. His grandfather prepared the things himself. Ultima didn’t want nobody in the house while she do her witchcraft. Before they entered the house she wanted to talk to Tenorio. Tenorio was the father of the daughters who cursed Lucas. She wanted to get him to get his daughters to reverse the curse. On their way home, Antonio is almost crushed when Tenorio on horse hurried home to warn his daughters of Ultima. When her and tony came back to the Luna farm, Ultima closes herself into Lucas’ room.Antonio and ultima begins to treat Lucas a mixture of kerosene and herbs and stuff it down his …show more content…

Then they are run off by Ultima’s owl. Antonio falls into a daze and starts to believe characteristics of Luca’s sickness. Ultima uses Antonio’s healthy body as an alternate for his uncle. It made it easy for Ultima to remove the curse. Ultima continues to give Lucas her special remedies. She then crafts three clay dolls covered in wax to represent the Trementina sisters. She use the dolls to remove the curse from Lucas. When She stuck pins in the dolls, and Lucas had there up green stuff. When they finally got Lucas to eat a bowl of soup up Ultima said he was healed. Ultima burns the hair ball of the Trementina sisters on they way back

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